A Dark Sunday

and a writing practice and a list of Black Buffalo nonprofits

Dear Writers,

I won’t include links to all the terrible things that have happened in the past week. It’s likely you know. But I wanted to acknowledge everything. And I want to encourage every white person who reads this newsletter to listen and read about what happened in Buffalo, to listen to their Black friends and community members, and to make space for whatever feelings arise in that listening.

The violence against Black people in our country and the violence against women (and people with vaginas) and trans people are all linked, and at the same time there is a lot of complexity therein. I personally think that the bottom line is that we need to be advocating for those who have less resources and privilege than us, whoever those people may be.

We also need to make space for our grief. Our fear. Our anger.

Freewriting is an incredible healing practice and I liken it to meditation. I invite you to take a half hour, sit down, take out a paper and pen(cil), and write down these three …